Floor furnace guard



May L 1956 L,- A. SCHERFF FLOOR FURNACE GUARD Filed July 24, 1953 F F mH C S A E U 0 .L

m M M W ATTORNEY United States Patent FLOOR FURNACE GUARD Louis A.Scherlf, Wichita Falls, Tex.

Application July 24, 1953, Serial No. 379,043

1 Claim. (Cl. 98-103) This invention relates to guards for floorfurnaces and has for its primary object the provision of a device forprotecting small children from being burned.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a floor furnaceguard of relatively light construction, yet one which cannot be moved bya small child.

Another object of the invention is to provide a light weight floorfurnace guard, yet one which is secured against lateral displacementfrom the floor furnace grate.

A further object of the invention is to provide a floor furnace guard soconstructed that toys or the like will roll off of the same and therebyprevent their burning.

These and other objects of the invention will become apparent from thefollowing description and the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a perspective view of a floor furnace guard embodying thefeatures of the invention and showing the same in position over a floorfurnace grate.

Figure 2 is a transverse vertical section of the construction andarrangement shown in Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a broken perspective view of one of the corners of the frameof the present guard.

The form of the invention shown is for use over a floor furnace it)installed beneath a floor 11 and having a grate 12 over the floorfurnace well 13. The grate 12 is rectangular and is comprised of crossbars 14 and ordinarily prevents objects from falling into the well 13.

The present guard 15 includes parallel sides and end frame members 16and 17 which are welded together to form a frame substantially equal thesize of the rectangle defined by the cross bars 14. End rods 18, whichare substantially semicircular, are welded to the ends of the sidemembers 16, and a similar arcuate rod 19 is secured to the side membersintermediate their ends. The three arcuate 2,743,660 Patented May 1,1956 rods define a semicylindn'cal area over which large mesh screen 20is secured. Similarly, the semicircular ends are provided with largemesh screen 21, thus completely enclosing the grate 12 of the floorfurnace 10. As shown in Figures 2 and 3, the lower ends of the end rods18 project downwardly, as at 22, into the furnace well 13 and betweenthe cross bars 14 of the grate 12 thereby securing the assembled guardagainst lateral displacement. If desired, only two opposite corners maybe provided with such depending projections 22.

As shown in Figure 2, the furnace is spaced from the wall of the well 13for permitting circulation of air therearound, and whereby the heat fromthe furnace is directed to the central area of the grate 12. Thus, thesides and end of the present guard do not become hot, and generally theheat is somewhat dissipated by the time the same reaches the uppercurved portion of the described guard assembly. By reason of suchconstruction a child touching the guard will not be burned, the mosttoys thrown by a small child will roll ofi of the curved upper surface.

The invention is not limited to the construction herein shown anddescribed, but may be made in many ways within the scope of the appendedclaim.

What is claimed is:

For use in combination with a floor furnace having a grate thereoversubstantially level with the floor in which the furnace is installed, afloor furnace guard comprising a rectangular base frame of parallelrods, arcuate rods secured to the ends of said rectangular base frameand positioned thereabove, at least one intermediate arcuate rod securedto the side rods of said base frame and extending thereabove, all ofsaid arcuate rods being of the same configuration and curved at theirhighest portions, a perforated covering over said arcuate rods andacross the end rods, and depending projections at opposite corners ofsaid frame arranged to be received within corresponding corners of saidgrate.

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